PERFORMANCE SKILLS COACH ~  Selected Resume:

Voice Made Visible, 2000-2012   Culver City, CA, Westport CT., Nice, France and currently NYC

UCLA Extension, 2004-7

Studio Group Theatre, L.A. 2006

Lee Strassberg Studios (sub. Dialects coach) 2002

Trinity College Dublin BA in Theatre program (1997-2000)

University College Dublin Masters in Theatre program (1998)

Dublin School of Acting (1997-2000)

The Arts Initiative of Dundalk, Northern Ireland (1997-2000)

The Allihies Language Center, Co. Cork, Ireland (1993, 1997)

The University of Paris, France (1990-93)

Ecole Merouze Professional Actors Training Program, Paris, France (1991-3)  

The Creative Acting Co., NYC (1994-97)   

Stages Tri-lingual Theatre (1986)

Mark Taper Forum's Improvisational Theatre Project (1982-5)

Voice-Over Resume:

Commercials & Industrials:
American Airlines
Dior
Air France
Orlane
Aer Lingus
Ponds
Aercel
Pink Phone
Printemps
Bank of France
Simpson Timber
Clorox
Starburst Ice Cream
Culligan's Water
Guiness Beer
Toyota
Jane Fonda's Workout
Universal Studio Tours
Lancome
Louis Vuitton Luggage
Mc Donnell's Soup
Warner Music
Maybelline
Mars Candies
Renault
Datsun

ANIMATION for TV ~ VOICE ACTING:  Guest roles for the following animation studios:   Disney, Dic, Hanna Barbera, Teletotta, Disney France, France Animation. Shows include: Smurfs, Hank the Hound Dog, Yogi Bear. Viki the Viking, Kimbo, Les Malheurs de Sophie, etc.

TITLE ROLES in Animated TV:
Viki the Viking; Kimbo (Paris)

VOICE  DIRECTOR:
Cartoon series:  Norman Normal, Flipper & Lopaka (Ireland)  

FEATURED PERFORMER (Speaking of Creativity DVD)

TV Station Announcing:
The Playboy Channel

Radio Interviewer:
Before the News, KPFA (Berkeley, Calif.)

DUBBING (Paris, France):
Catherine Deneuve, Marie Christine Barrault, etc. Directors: Roger Andrieux, Wim Wenders etc.

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCING:  Bay Area Water Conservation, Bay Area Planned Parenthood, Doctors Without Borders

TV VOICE OVERS:   Tracy Ullman Show, Real People, Silver Spoons

Guide Tracks:  John Stevenson's "Animal Farm" (for Helen Hunt's role) and Wendy Apple's "The Final Cut" (for Kathy Bates' narration)

Mimi also recorded a large number of the voices for the  Disney Park, France, both sung and spoken.

Writer-Composer  ~ selected RESUME:

THE ABDUCTION OF LADY WEN CHI (2006). A staged reading - with - music (10 singers, violin, cello, percussion)/ The Japanese American National Museum special events series. Featuring Jennifer Paz, star of Miss Saigon, in the title role.
GOOD PERSON OF SEZUAN (2000). Samuel Beckett Center, Dublin. Directed by Lilly Susan Todd. Music commission.
BODY WITHOUT BONES (1999). A dark comedy on plastic surgury, Oscar Wilde House, Dublin. Featuring members of the Marcel Marceau Company.  Currently re-written and being circulated.
The TROJAN WOMEN (1997). Commissioned to adapt the Jean Paul Sartre text into 'pop-gospel' style lyrics and compose music for the vocalists. Starring Mariette Hartley and Angela Paton.
BLUE CORRIDOR (1993). The Los Angeles Playwright's Arena, produced by Jon Rivera.
SEE BELOW MIDDLE SEA (1987). Mark Taper Forum's Taper, Too. Starring B.D. Wong. A multi-media piece uniting non-verbal 'legit singing', photography, and modern dance to look at the issue of sound pollution.
SIR VIVAL'S SWEEPSTAKES (1986). Mark Taper Forum. A musical theatre show originated with the Jacques D'Amboise Dance Program. Segment writer-director-composer working with 120 children performing in a cast lead by John Ritter.
SUPPERMAN (1985). The Los Angeles Museum of Science and Industry. A high-velocity performance for children, on the subject of nutrition.
SCHOOL TALK (1982). Mark Taper Forum's Improvisational Theatre Project.
An original musical theatre work devised with fellow cast members, including Forest Whitaker and Michael Arabian.
WAZO WAZO (1984). LA Theatre Works. A non-verbal opera. Accompanied by Don Preston, synthesizer player for Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention.
BRAIN HOTEL (1980-83). The Odyssey Theatre; Cast Theatre (2 years); The Olympic Arts Festival; The House Dance Studio.

Awards and Grants:

California Arts Council grants for Artists in Social Institutions
Rockefeller Grant for Music Composition
Best Acting, Ghosts, LA Weekly
Best Acting, Ghosts, Drama-Logue
Best Music, Blue Corridor, Drama-Logue
Best Adaptation, Trojan Women, LA Ovation Award nominee
Best Music, Wazo Wazo, LA Weekly
Best Writing, Brain Hotel, LA Weekly
Best Writing, Brain Hotel, Drama-Logue
Best Acting, Brain Hotel, LA Weekly
Best Acting, Brain Hotel, Drama-Logue
NEW DIRECTIONS IN THEATRE AWARD, Brain Hotel, LA Weekly
Best Acting, Comedy Of Errors, San Francisco Chronicle

Animation:

 Guest roles for the following animation studios:   Disney, Dic, Hanna Barbera, Teletotta, Disney France, France Animation. Shows include: Smurfs, Hank the Hound Dog, Yogi Bear. Viki the Viking, Kimbo, Les Malheurs de Sophie, etc.

TITLE ROLES in Animated TV:
Viki the Viking; Kimbo (Paris)

VOICE  DIRECTOR:
Cartoon series:  Norman Normal, Flipper & Lopaka (Ireland);  Speaking of Creativity (film)

TV Station Announcing:
The Playboy Channel

Radio Interviewer:
Before the News, KPFA (Berkeley, Calif.)

DUBBING (Paris, France):
Catherine Deneuve, Marie Christine Barrault, etc. Directors: Roger Andrieux, Wim Wenders etc.

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCING:
Bay Area Water Conservation, Bay Area Planned Parenthood, Doctors Without Borders

GUIDE TRACKS for TV and Film:
John Stevenson's "Animal Farm" (for Helen Hunt's role) and Wendy Apple's "The Final Cut" (for Kathy Bates' narration)

Singer-Actress ~ selected RESUME:

BERKELEY REPERTORY: Comedy of Errors (The Courtesan), Charlie's Aunt (Kitty), Petrified Forest, Dracula A Musical Nightmare, The Misanthrope
BERKELEY STAGE CO: Nightclub (Bubi), Good Person of Sezuan (God #1, singer
NATIONAL SHAKESPEARE CO: Macbeth (Lady Macbeth), The Tempest (Ariel), Much Ado About Nothing (Beatrice)
EPIC WEST: Calendar Tales (Yvette from Mother Courage), Messingkauf Dialogues (The Galileo Ballad singer), dir. R.G. Davis (SF Mime Troupe) and Carl Weber (Berliner Ensemble)
CINCINATTI PLAYHOUSE IN THE PARK: The Imaginary Invalid (Beline)
CAFÉ LA MAMA: Ad Hoc Roc Band. Singer with Shelley Hirsch, and drummer, David Van Tiegham 

MARK TAPER FORUM IMPROVISATIONAL THEATRE PROJECT ~ 2 years
Actress-singer, songwriter. Dirs: Jack Bender (The Sopranos) & Peter Brocius, with Forest Whitaker, Soccoro Valdez, etc.

GREEN CARD:  Mark Taper Forum, with Alma Martinez, Jesse Borego, Jessica Nelson etc.
NATIONAL TOUR: The Odd Couple, starring Sherman Helmsley (Cecily), with Nancy Lenehan
BRU HA HA IMPROV CO.: Company member, dir. Viola Spolin with Donovan Scott, etc.
BURBAGE THEATRE L.A.: Ghosts, written and directed by John O'Keefe
CAST THEATRE & OLYMPIC ARTS FESTIVAL: Brain Hotel (writer-performer, played the roleof the Soul)

THEATRE GREVIN, Paris: The Geography of Yearning (Fanny)
NATIONAL TOUR: VOICES by Susan Griffin (Erin)
FESTIVALE DU THEATRE ANGLOPHONE, Paris The Fever (solo piece by Wallace Shawn)
LAUDERDALE HOUSE, London, The Fever
CENTER FOR THE VICTIMS OF POLITICAL TORTURE, London, The Fever
THEATRE TOUR TOUR, Paris: Private Lives (Amanda)
THE GOLDEN NUGGET SHOW, (originated musical role of Diamond Lil) Disney France (for presentation to Michael Eisner).

DIRECTOR OF THEATRE:

ESPACE DOUZE, PARIS, Frankie and Johnny at the Claire de Lune
LES MECHANIQUES D'IMPRECISIONS, Improvisational Theatre Co. University of Paris, 3 years
TRINITY COLLEGE SHOWCASE AT THE ABBEY THEATRE Dublin, 2 years, co-directed monologues, and music directed all songs as well as accompanying the shows on acoustic and electric pianos.
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE, Allihies Language Center, Co. Cork Ireland

EDUCATION:

PLAYWRITING WORKSHOPS:  Marie Irene Fornes, NYC;  Lee Breuer, NYC

Graduate work in COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY,Pacific Graduate Institute  

 Grad work  Integrated Healing: Barron University PhD program

Music COMPOSITION, UCLA Extension

BA Theatre Arts, Antioch College, Ohio ~ Special focus on ACTING
Acting Diploma (with Honors), The Drama Studio, London
Music Theory, Dick Grove School of Jazz, LA
South Indian SINGING, The New School, NYC
DANCE: Rudolph Nureyev, Boston;  Buttho workshop, Dublin;  Afro-Dance Ed Mock
SINGING: Seth Riggs, LA; Lillian Loran, Berkeley 
ACTING: Paul Richards, Berkeley
VOICE and Feldenkreiss: Francois Combeau workshop, Dublin
EAR TRAINING and therapy: Centre Tomatis, Paris
AUDITION Technique: Rosemarie Tischler, Public Theatre, NY
COMPOSING for THEATRE:  BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop, NYC
Energy Healing, France Blanchet, Paris
MASSAGE, Institute of Psycho-Structural Balancing, LA
VOICING FOR ANIMATION: Susan Blue, Andrea Romano, Michael Bell, LA